The Effect of Taping in Reducing the Intensity of Pain in Primary Dysmenorrhea

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2020-05-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

To determine the effectiveness of kinesiotaping on pain in primary dysmenorrhea

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad de Zaragoza
• Treatments: Analgesics

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women presenting menstrual pain, 4 or more in VAS.

• Have attended gynecological examination in the past 18 months and had ever diagnosed as having a gynecological disorder different from primary dysmenorrhea

• Not have been diagnosed with secondary dysmenorrhea

• Regular menstrual cycles (cycle typical range of 21 to 35 days)

• Do not use an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) or taking oral contraceptive pills

• Nulliparous

• Ability to complete questionnaires in Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women with mild dysmenorrhea (pain lower 4 in a numeric pain scale range 0-10);

• Women with irregular or infrequent menstrual cycles (outside the typical range of cycle 21 to 35 days);

• Women using an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) or taking oral contraceptive pills.

• Women who suffer from diseases diagnosed added

• Women to which it has undergone a surgical procedure for the treatment

• Provide skin lesions in the abdominal wall or in lumbar region

• Use or abuse of drugs or alcohol